Quotes About Opportunity

There are still so few female directors. There are far fewer writers than we'd like to see.

The logic was, there weren't too many female comedians, so I thought I might as well try a field that had fewer competitors than the field I was in, which was acting, singing and dancing.

There are fewer and fewer roles that I haven't done already, or archetypes that I haven't played, and to break out of that box, the most interesting stuff is television.

All of us in Canada have to be better at making a dollar count, because we have fewer dollars.

What you've seen from the 1980s, particularly in this country, is far fewer people doing Saturday jobs and doing jobs after school.

It takes more time and energy for women to get ready to go on camera than it does men, and that means there are fewer available minutes to focus on actually getting the job done. That's a disadvantage.

It was a conscious decision on my part to take up fewer films. And if you're not seen that often on screen, nobody calls you to perform at an awards ceremony.

I'm passionate about the American Dream because it's not a fictitious thing for me. It's real for me.

My focus on the budget, though, has played second fiddle to what I believe is even more important - creating jobs.

We've always had to play second fiddle to the men in European football.

In high school, I didn't realize that science or engineering were male-dominated fields. When I got to college, and I was one of two girls in a 50-person class, that's when I realized that this was a unique decision I had made as a girl to go into engineering.

If you're in a business where Latinos only play Indian maidens and what I call 'Conchita Lolita' parts - the little fiery spitfires - you do what you have to do.

I don't think the entire world respects women in sport. But if FIFA start respecting the women's game more, others will follow.

Fifteen years old, out in the world, acting was all I had.

I was from a generation that didn't think that far into the future. We thought opportunities would always exist, that we would be fifteen forever.

Superstore' is, like, my fifth acting job.

Fifty overs is a long time. It's a good challenge, and you have enough time to show your skills.

I believe coming in early to the UFC gives me an advantage. More time to learn, more time to be in the UFC and get better as a fighter.

I got into the UFC after six months of training. I started doing jiu-jitsu, had my first fight, tried out for 'The Ultimate Fighter,' and got on.

I got time, I'm only 21, I've got room to learn and grow as a fighter.

I'm a woman who's been in a man's sport since the age of 15, and to see people finally seeing what I saw right from the start, that female fighters are just as good 'pound-for-pound' as our male counterparts.

Very few fighters get a chance to come back.

I want to be able to fight on pay-per-view against the big fighters and do big numbers.

In Bellator, I feel like I can grow. As the fighters grow, I know the company will grow. You feel like a part of the company.